What a difference 5 years makes!

FOUND SOUNDS!!!

Wow, remember the "unknown dance band" and the Rehearsal from Hell a couple of posts back? Well, I found some more stuff in this batch of tapes, this one from 5 years later (it's dated as you can see, that's just an enlargement of the only thing writtenon the back of the box), and WOW... these guys got GOOD!

It starts with an unknown piece for "Bob" (on piano) and someone on trumpet, then goes into 8 cuts from a live performance from 1960. The instrumentation is, on most cuts, trio ("Bob" on piano, with a drummer and an acoustic bassist), but someone with a sax shows up for the last cut or two. The fare is jazz standards of the day, but, let me tell ya something, this is a nice little set, especially after "Bob" finds his hands a couple of numbers in. This is a RAW recroding, the only thing I did to it was get rid of a little of the tape hiss. There's a few places where you'll hear the fluorescent lights buzz, and someone mic'ed the drummer's kick bass a little hot, but other than that, it wouldn't take too much to really clean this one up. And, if I find some more of this band, I'm definately gonna post this stuff up. These guys SWING.

Just goes to show you, practice and getting the right sidemen can do wonders for a band.

Here are the scans of the box:
The front...
The back...

Heeeeeeere's Bob & His Jazz Combo